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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:15 PM Original message |
Here's the Reality We Face |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. with all the new drilling that was announced this weekend |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. The reality is we will never get off fossil fuels without |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That isn't true. Existing renewable technologies are completely capable of doing the job. |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Really? |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. It's not the capabilities of the existing tech that's the problem... |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Anyone compute the effect in job creation. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Energy made locally, wind farms and turbines generate $$ for local economies not just power. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yikes ! |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. A daunting task. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Wikipedia. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. We're getting more dependent on fossils with each passing year - disgusting |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's why we need to start with a drive for conservation... |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I have felt for a long time that the course is unsustainable. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's almost enough to make one realize... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Of course they're a joke... |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Actually... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Sure. No problem. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Ouch! |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. How many tens of millions of lives would have been saved... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No, I can't go there. The point that was driven home for me was this: |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Sweden... |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Hahaha |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. And Sweden too? |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Oh wait |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. recommend |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
16. We're building ourselves an ever higher cliff of red |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here's a look at the world picture |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yes but... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yay! Dueling graphs... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. There is no conflict so I'm not sure what you mean by "dueling" |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. By "meet new demand" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. We could do better if people would stop screwing around trying to win market share. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So all we have to do is strip property rights? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. I saw hydro, solar, and wind projects this weekend |
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